South Sudan Imports 2023
Complete list of South Sudan's 58 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$1.62B
Total imports (2023)
#171
Global import rank
58
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
South Sudan imported $1.62 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #171 largest importer. Goods came from 58 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 94.1% of total import value. The leading import was portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured, valued at $62.83 million — 3.9% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
58 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | $536.42M | 33.17% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $413.63M | 25.57% |
| 3 | Kenya | $226.69M | 14.02% |
| 4 | China | $160.27M | 9.91% |
| 5 | USA | $50.27M | 3.11% |
| 6 | India | $40.29M | 2.49% |
| 7 | Egypt | $27.13M | 1.68% |
| 8 | Japan | $25.33M | 1.57% |
| 9 | Türkiye | $24.64M | 1.52% |
| 10 | Netherlands | $16.56M | 1.02% |
| 11 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $13.12M | 0.81% |
| 12 | Germany | $9.53M | 0.59% |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $7.79M | 0.48% |
| 14 | Thailand | $7.26M | 0.45% |
| 15 | Brazil | $5.39M | 0.33% |
| 16 | Malta | $5.39M | 0.33% |
| 17 | Denmark | $4.35M | 0.27% |
| 18 | Austria | $4.14M | 0.26% |
| 19 | Spain | $4.07M | 0.25% |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | $3.17M | 0.20% |
| 21 | Belgium | $2.97M | 0.18% |
| 22 | South Africa | $2.83M | 0.18% |
| 23 | France | $2.79M | 0.17% |
| 24 | Ethiopia | $2.60M | 0.16% |
| 25 | Singapore | $2.17M | 0.13% |
| 26 | Poland | $2.13M | 0.13% |
| 27 | Italy | $1.94M | 0.12% |
| 28 | Slovenia | $1.84M | 0.11% |
| 29 | Canada | $1.78M | 0.11% |
| 30 | Cyprus | $1.74M | 0.11% |
| 31 | Switzerland | $1.48M | 0.09% |
| 32 | Ukraine | $1.23M | 0.08% |
| 33 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $1.21M | 0.07% |
| 34 | Portugal | $1.01M | 0.06% |
| 35 | Czechia | $791,830 | 0.05% |
| 36 | Malaysia | $543,810 | 0.03% |
| 37 | Jordan | $521,261 | 0.03% |
| 38 | Sweden | $452,765 | 0.03% |
| 39 | Australia | $375,941 | 0.02% |
| 40 | Croatia | $342,279 | 0.02% |
| 41 | Latvia | $326,806 | 0.02% |
| 42 | Ireland | $215,785 | 0.01% |
| 43 | Zambia | $197,315 | 0.01% |
| 44 | Bulgaria | $119,242 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Norway | $90,187 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Greece | $79,140 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Romania | $72,154 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Serbia | $32,115 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Lithuania | $14,807 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Oman | $11,659 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Slovakia | $10,487 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Pakistan | $9,906 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | $7,931 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Finland | $7,383 | 0.00% |
| 55 | New Zealand | $4,608 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Ecuador | $2,882 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Estonia | $2,636 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Mozambique | $1,000 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $62.83M | 3.88% |
| 2 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $52.23M | 3.23% |
| 3 | 610349 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of textile materials (other than wool or fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), knitted or crocheted | $51.12M | 3.16% |
| 4 | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $45.30M | 2.80% |
| 5 | 110220 | Cereal flour: of maize (corn) | $43.21M | 2.67% |
| 6 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $42.91M | 2.65% |
| 7 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $40.62M | 2.51% |
| 8 | 100790 | Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $38.84M | 2.40% |
| 9 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $35.51M | 2.20% |
| 10 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $32.17M | 1.99% |
| 11 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $28.87M | 1.79% |
| 12 | 611130 | Garments and clothing accessories: babies', of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted | $21.70M | 1.34% |
| 13 | 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $20.76M | 1.28% |
| 14 | 610443 | Dresses: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted | $19.78M | 1.22% |
| 15 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $19.71M | 1.22% |
| 16 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $18.72M | 1.16% |
| 17 | 730690 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $17.49M | 1.08% |
| 18 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $17.20M | 1.06% |
| 19 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $17.11M | 1.06% |
| 20 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $16.41M | 1.01% |
| 21 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $15.44M | 0.95% |
| 22 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $14.78M | 0.91% |
| 23 | 200990 | Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $14.54M | 0.90% |
| 24 | 640590 | Footwear: n.e.c. in chapter 64 | $13.81M | 0.85% |
| 25 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $13.36M | 0.83% |
| 26 | 240311 | Tobacco: smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $13.06M | 0.81% |
| 27 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $12.89M | 0.80% |
| 28 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $11.98M | 0.74% |
| 29 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $11.47M | 0.71% |
| 30 | 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $11.38M | 0.70% |
| 31 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $10.97M | 0.68% |
| 32 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $10.50M | 0.65% |
| 33 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $9.98M | 0.62% |
| 34 | 220890 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $9.76M | 0.60% |
| 35 | 610590 | Shirts: men's or boys', of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres), knitted or crocheted | $9.52M | 0.59% |
| 36 | 853720 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $9.28M | 0.57% |
| 37 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $8.90M | 0.55% |
| 38 | 610120 | Coats: men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excluding those of heading no. 6103) | $8.83M | 0.55% |
| 39 | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $8.80M | 0.54% |
| 40 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $8.69M | 0.54% |
| 41 | 610729 | Nightshirts and pyjamas: men's or boys', of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres), knitted or crocheted | $8.56M | 0.53% |
| 42 | 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used | $8.27M | 0.51% |
| 43 | 190110 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale | $7.48M | 0.46% |
| 44 | 320990 | Paints and varnishes: (based on polymers other than acrylic or vinyl), dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $7.22M | 0.45% |
| 45 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $7.18M | 0.44% |
| 46 | 080810 | Fruit, edible: apples, fresh | $7.10M | 0.44% |
| 47 | 851761 | Base stations | $6.95M | 0.43% |
| 48 | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $6.66M | 0.41% |
| 49 | 640411 | Sports footwear: tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | $6.66M | 0.41% |
| 50 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $6.53M | 0.40% |
| 51 | 020712 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen | $6.50M | 0.40% |
| 52 | 240290 | Cigars, cigarillos and cheroots: containing tobacco substitutes including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $6.42M | 0.40% |
| 53 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $6.32M | 0.39% |
| 54 | 151590 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $6.31M | 0.39% |
| 55 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $6.20M | 0.38% |
| 56 | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $6.17M | 0.38% |
| 57 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $6.07M | 0.38% |
| 58 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $6.06M | 0.37% |
| 59 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $5.98M | 0.37% |
| 60 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $5.91M | 0.37% |
| 61 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $5.89M | 0.36% |
| 62 | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous: garlic, fresh or chilled | $5.82M | 0.36% |
| 63 | 940370 | Furniture: plastic | $5.30M | 0.33% |
| 64 | 940421 | Mattresses: of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | $4.88M | 0.30% |
| 65 | 853530 | Electrical apparatus: isolating and make-and-break switches, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $4.80M | 0.30% |
| 66 | 610342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $4.77M | 0.29% |
| 67 | 721499 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section | $4.66M | 0.29% |
| 68 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $4.65M | 0.29% |
| 69 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $4.59M | 0.28% |
| 70 | 170410 | Sugar confectionery: chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa | $4.58M | 0.28% |
| 71 | 300410 | Medicaments: containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $4.52M | 0.28% |
| 72 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $4.50M | 0.28% |
| 73 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $4.46M | 0.28% |
| 74 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $4.43M | 0.27% |
| 75 | 450390 | Cork: articles of natural cork other than corks and stoppers | $4.20M | 0.26% |
| 76 | 392390 | Plastics: articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | $4.14M | 0.26% |
| 77 | 870422 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $4.13M | 0.26% |
| 78 | 640351 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, with outer soles and uppers of leather, covering the ankle | $4.06M | 0.25% |
| 79 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $4.01M | 0.25% |
| 80 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $3.90M | 0.24% |
| 81 | 610449 | Dresses: women's or girls', of textile materials (other than wool or fine animal hair, cotton, synthetic or artificial fibres), knitted or crocheted | $3.82M | 0.24% |
| 82 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $3.77M | 0.23% |
| 83 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $3.68M | 0.23% |
| 84 | 852610 | Radar apparatus | $3.53M | 0.22% |
| 85 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $3.52M | 0.22% |
| 86 | 020220 | Meat: of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen | $3.51M | 0.22% |
| 87 | 640220 | Footwear: with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by plugs | $3.46M | 0.21% |
| 88 | 390230 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: propylene copolymers in primary forms | $3.37M | 0.21% |
| 89 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $3.35M | 0.21% |
| 90 | 640520 | Footwear: with uppers of textile materials, n.e.c. in chapter 64 | $3.35M | 0.21% |
| 91 | 040299 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | $3.33M | 0.21% |
| 92 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $3.30M | 0.20% |
| 93 | 901831 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: syringes, with or without needles | $3.30M | 0.20% |
| 94 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $3.21M | 0.20% |
| 95 | 040110 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% | $3.19M | 0.20% |
| 96 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $3.10M | 0.19% |
| 97 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $3.09M | 0.19% |
| 98 | 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $3.08M | 0.19% |
| 99 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $3.07M | 0.19% |
| 100 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $3.06M | 0.19% |